I must admit, I am not a natural born optimist – Guest Post on GetConnectDad

Julian over at GetConnectDad.Com has a great idea going: A series of posts detailing “52 Traits I Want In My Kids”. Julian asked me to write a piece on optimism, please follow the link below to the GetConnectDad site to read more! This is my second post for GetConnectDad, my first contribution was on Being Thankful

I must admit, I am not a natural-born optimist; I am a realist (what some may refer to as “pessimist”). So when Julian from GetConnectDad.com asked me to write an article about optimism, I almost balked.** After all, what do I have to say about optimism?

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13

My name is Paul and I am The Unexpected Dad.My wife and I married late in life and we didn’t really expect to have children (thus the title of my blog). We weren’t opposed to the idea of having children, but just assumed that it was not in the cards for us.

I write about the rather unexpected journey of fatherhood, please join me!